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The most accessible entrance has step-free level access and a gate.
This entrance is to the corner of the garden.
There is not a member of staff available for help and assistance.
Staff/volunteers can describe the layout and access around the site.
The following are also available: seating.
This site is part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
The nearest toilet with adaptations for disabled people is adjacent to Carpenters Tea Room. View information about this toilet (new tab)
Additional toilet facilities with adaptations for disabled people are in the castle, near the dining room. View information about this toilet (new tab).

You can borrow or hire the following equipment: a manual wheelchair. It is highly recommended that these are booked in advance, where this is possible. Please check the National Trust website for details.
You can borrow these from visitor reception. View more information about booking and collection of equipment.
You can borrow or hire the following mobility vehicles: trampers. It is highly recommended that these are booked in advance, where this is possible. Please check the National Trust website for details.
You can borrow these from visitor reception. View more information about booking and collection of equipment.

Exit the visitor reception and follow the path to the left.
Cross the driveway and continue ahead.
Pass through an archway and continue ahead down a long slope.
Halfway down, turn right, proceed ahead and turn left.
Continue ahead down a slope towards the end. On the right there is a rubber matted pathway that takes you to the garden.
The route to the area is step-free via a steep ramp/slope.
Path surfaces along the route are tarmac, gravel and cobbles.
The majority of the paths are wide enough for wheelchair users.
There is a shuttle which can take visitors to this area, but wheelchair users will need to transfer into it.
The visitor shuttle can carry a folded manual wheelchair.

This information is for the access point located at the corner of the garden.
There is step-free level access into the area.
There is a gate at the surveyed access point which is permanently held open.
The width of the gap is 110cm.
The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: concrete or tarmac, cobbled, grass and compact earth.
Footpaths are available in some of the outdoor spaces.
The majority of the paths are not wide enough for wheelchair users.
There is step-free level access around some of the area.
There are less than 3 steps without handrails, slight ramps/slopes without handrails and steep ramps/slopes without handrails in the main areas .
There are some slight and steep slopes to reach the furthest end of the walled garden.
There are stone steps into a small terraced area.
There is a slight slope with an access gate within the walled garden to access the glasshouse area.
There are some bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.
The paths have easy open gates which may create obstacles for some users.

The following information describes the picnic area located within the walled garden.
Access into the area is via a slight ramp/slope.
The slope is over 150cm wide, with no handrails.
There are picnic tables.
Adapted picnic tables are not available.
The distance between the floor and the underside of the lowest picnic table is 70cm.
The distance between the floor and the underside of the highest picnic table is 70cm.
The standard height for the underside of picnic tables is 78cm.
The following furniture is permanently fixed: all of the chairs and all of the tables.
There is step-free level access around some of the area.
The surface in the picnic area is not smooth and even.
Where the flooring is not smooth or even, this is due to grass.
There is one picnic table available.